Management of Hydrocephalus with IC Pressure Monitor

Abstract

Thirteen premature infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus were treated by repeated aspiration of cerebrospinal fluid using a subcutaneous ventricular catheter reservoir at the Departments of Paediatrics and Neurosurgery, University of Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Keywords

• posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus
• ventricular catheter reservoir
• cerebrospinal fluid